The Head of State is the person carrying out the duties and functions of that office. If it was the Queen the republicans would be demanding she carry out those functions and duties, as they would have demanded the previous King do the same.
Phew!

Admit my republican sympathy finds no problems that the Queen is our Sovereign and the Governor-General is our Constitutional head of state.

A constant reminder on the importance to us all, of the need to recall history, to avoid repeating mistakes

Dear Hasbeen,
Do I detect a degree of misogyny in your post?,if so, you have offended me. There are many capable women in high ranking positions across the globe, perhaps you would prefer women to be bare-footed, pregnant and in the kitchen. You may not of noticed that we are in the 21st Century, and women are not altogether stupid.
NSB

i see the PC, Thought Police from Matriarchal Closet Communist Regime are out in force as usual ranting & off topic as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JihQw39hyG0 even many so called lawyers are ignorant about the law, have been under educated on the subject.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_Act_1986 & don't forget this little piece of closet communist treason either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd3fH9P8394 there have been similar moves at state level against the state & federal constitutions.

The majority of Australians have not yet reached the level of mentality required to form a workable Republic.
Stop wasting all our time & much needed resources with this nonsense debate. Concentrate on righting the wrongs of the recent past instead. It'd be way more beneficial to this country than any idealistic waffling on at the cost of something we can't afford.

Now you are talking noisy! Sounds good to me.

Hang on, I'm a stop the population growth type, so the pregnant bit will have to go, although I do think we should keep practicing, just in case we do need to boost the population some day.

Actually, apart from purple hair, & inappropriate dress, I'm all for anyone, of either sex, achieving their full potential, but it must be done on ability.

Women have a huge hump of objection to live down, due to the ridiculous affirmative action policy of the Labor party.

A very large part of the decline into terminal incompetence of our public services is due to this policy alone. You only have to look at Health & Education, 2 of the earlier feminized departments, to see this.

Even if such an unfair system was a good idea, they tried to do it too quickly. Where there was a tendency to promote men into their first or 2Nd level of incompetence, with a small pool of experience to chose from, many women were promoted to their 5Th or 6Th level. Catastrophe ensued, as you would expect.

Competent women are going to spend many more years than they would have had to, gaining the respect they crave, & the positions they deserve, due to this.

I wish there were a few more Maggie Thatchers out there. God knows we need some leaders with the balls to do what they think is right for their country, rather than what they think will buy a few lousy votes.